The CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights brings together a diverse set of actors including theoretical and applied researchers from social and natural sciences, policy makers and practitioners from developed and developing countries. This resource draws experiences, lessons and principles derived from a body of research spanning, disciplines. It addresses the challenges faced and collective action to secure property rights in agriculture and natural resource management. This is a useful resource towards development practitioners and it offers frameworks, guidelines, methods and tools to address institutional issues in development work.